Federal Bureau of Investigation

Robert Stolarik for The New York Times

News about the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 20, 2015

White House does not invite FBI director James Comey to conference on preventing violent extremism at home and abroad, reportedly because administration does not want to focus too heavily on law enforcement issues; omission raises questions about who is leading anti-terrorist effort. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

Charles M Blow Op-Ed column submits that national conversation on race that many have called for will not arise as future grand event, but is already occurring via numerous small discussions; applauds FBI director James Comey for entering conversation by acknowledging law enforcement's role in racial oppression. MORE

Feb. 14, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal officials say they are investigating whether killings of Muslim students Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, NC, was a hate crime; murders were first thought to be sparked by parking dispute between students and neighbor Craig Hicks. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

FBI Director James B Comey, speaking at Georgetown University, uses unusually candid language to characterize racial views of police officers who work in neighborhoods where African-Americans commit high rate of crime; says racial discrimination becomes an irresistible mental shortcut for such officers; comments are aimed at achieving fresh dialogue on police bias in the wake of deaths of unarmed blacks like Michael Brown. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation Dir James B Comey will give speech at Georgetown University addressing relations between police officers and African-Americans; will be first time an FBI director has publicly discussed race issue at length. MORE

Feb. 11, 2015

Major commercial real estate developers scramble to prepare bids to construct new 2.1-million-square-feet FBI headquarters in Washington, DC; financial requirements for project include minimum of $1 billion in liquid assets; winning bidder will gain right to tear down aging J Edgar Hoover Building and redevelop its prime real estate, though return will not come for at least a decade. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Investigation by FBI finds no evidence to support civil rights charges against police officer Darren Wilson, who shot teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, and Justice Dept recommends against prosecuting Wilson; Atty Gen Eric Holder emphasizes that investigation was independent from that conducted by Missouri authorities, who reached similar conclusion; broader civil rights inquiry into racial profiling is still underway. MORE

Jan. 16, 2015

New York Times is criticized by FBI director James B Comey for anonymously using quote from Al Qaeda member in story on deadly terror attacks in France. MORE

Jan. 12, 2015

Justice Dept's classified study reveals that FBI has from 2008 onwards become increasingly involved with running government's surveillance program, which is most often associated with National Security Agency; redacted version of report has been made available due to Freedom of Information Act suit filed by The New York Times. MORE

Jan. 10, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department recommend bringing felony charges against retired Gen David H Petraeus for providing classified information to former mistress Paula Broadwell while he was CIA director; Petraeus denies allegations and shows no interest in plea deal. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

Government officials and Federal Bureau of Investigation Dir James B Comey say they are sure North Korea was behind cyberattacks on Sony Pictures due to fact that hackers initially failed to disguise routing of attacks; Comey calls for declassification of information related to attack, as skeptics wish to see FBI's evidence. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who have been put into aggressive internal surveillance program claim it is impediment to their assignments and careers; program, called Post-Adjudication Risk Management plan, or PARM, was established after 9/11 to monitor new hires with access to classified information, many of them of Middle Eastern or Asian descent; critics say agents are being discriminated against and have little legal recourse to exit program. MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

The offices of Doral Financial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, were raided as part of an investigation into the struggling bank. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

Internal Federal Bureau of Investigation report, that reviewed more than 41,000 items, finds that agents often mishandle and lose evidence; errors cited could have devastating consequences for ongoing criminal investigations and prosecutions. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

Government Accountability Office study concludes that Federal Bureau of Investigation's 2001 anthrax investigation was marred by weak scientific practices and analytical gaps; says there is no firm link between mailed anthrax spores and sample taken from office of Dr Bruce E Ivins, who committed suicide after being blamed for attacks. MORE

Dec. 17, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation announces that former special agent Diego G Rodriguez will succeed George Venizelos as head of bureau's New York City field office. MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation joins inquiry into August 2014 death of black teenager Lennon Lacy in North Carolina; supporters and family members of Lacy, whose body was found hanging from swing set in Bladen County trailer park, are questioning findings by state authorities that he committed suicide; some suggest episode may have been lynching. MORE

Dec. 5, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation puts fugitive Yaser Abdel Said on its Ten Most Wanted list, saying he is suspect in slaying of his two teenage daughters in Dallas area in 2007. MORE

Dec. 4, 2014

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating attack on company's computer systems, and seeking information on whether North Korea or a former employee were responsible. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

American diplomatic circles are stunned by revelation of rare, secret espionage investigation of prominent former State Dept diplomat Robin L Raphel; investigation is an unexpected turn in a lengthy and distinguished career; Raphel, a leading expert on Pakistan, was stripped of all security clearances and access to State Department building after Federal Bureau of Investigation found classified information in her home. MORE

Nov. 16, 2014

First column by Prof Beverly Gage holds anonymous letter sent by Federal Bureau of Investigation to Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, which contained explicit allegations about King's sex life, offers potent warning about danger of domestic surveillance; warns King's experience is reminder that concerns about surveillance overreach on part of nation's intelligence agencies are not idle fears. MORE

Nov. 8, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation counterintelligence agents are investigating veteran American diplomat Robin L Raphel on suspicion that she took classified information home from the State Dept; Raphel is a retired ambassador and expert on Pakistan, who until recently was an adviser to State Dept. MORE

Nov. 8, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation director James B Comey, in letter to New York Times, provides further details about investigation in which agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter to apprehend student accused of sending bomb threat to school. MORE

Nov. 7, 2014

Letter from James B Comey, Federal Bureau of Investigation director, comments on Nov 1 editorial on FBI's deceptive tactics. MORE

Nov. 1, 2014

Editorial criticizes incident in which Federal Bureau of Investigation agents posed as cable repairmen in Las Vegas to gain access to hotel rooms where they suspected illegal gambling rings were operating; also criticizes incident in Seattle in which deceptive tactics were used to entrap suspect; warns such tactics, if not prohibited by agency or blocked by courts, risks opening the door to constitutional abuses on a much wider scale. MORE

Oct. 17, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James B Comey says the 'post-Snowden pendulum' that has driven Apple and Google to offer fully encrypted cellphones has 'gone too far;' hints at action to unlock photos, emails and contacts stored on the phones. MORE

Sep. 26, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation director James B Comey says American intelligence agencies believe they have identified the Islamic State militant who appeared on two videotapes in which American journalists were beheaded, but declines to release the man's name while agents search for him. MORE

Sep. 25, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation reports there were, on average, 16.4 mass shootings a year from 2007 to 2013, compared with average of 6.4 shootings annually from 2000 to 2006; report confirms what many Americans had feared but that law enforcement officials had never documented. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

Homeland Security Dept and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials say there is no truth to warnings from conservative groups and leading Republicans that militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria plan to enter the United States from Mexico to carry out terrorist attacks. MORE

Aug. 12, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation opens civil rights inquiry into fatal shooting by police officer of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown as protests go into their third day in St Louis suburb of Ferguson; officers warily face off against protesting crowd of hundreds of mostly African-Americans, in response to looting and violence day earlier that resulted in 32 arrests. MORE

Jul. 30, 2014

General Services Administration proposes relocating Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters from Washington to suburbs; names two sites in Maryland and one in Northern Virginia as finalists. MORE

Jul. 24, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating how con artists received detailed information about migrant children being housed at military bases to lure relatives into paying hefty sums to reunite their families; says cases of fraud have been reported in 12 states so far, with con artists seeking $350 to $6,000 in so-called fees. MORE

Jul. 11, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation field office in Jackson, Miss, was opened in 1964 by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover amid emergence of civil rights movement; office, on its 50th anniversary, will be honored with a ceremony addressing how the agency’s relationship with both white and black Mississippians has evolved and improved over five decades. MORE

Jul. 2, 2014

New York State Sen Thomas W Libous is indicted on charges that he lied to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents examining whether he had misused his office in order to obtain a job for his son Matthew; in a separate indictment, Matthew Libous is charged with filing false tax returns. MORE

Jun. 24, 2014

Jun. 20, 2014

Ahmed Abu Khattala, Libyan suspected of playing key role in deadly attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, is talking freely with American interrogators aboard a Navy ship headed to the US; interrogation highlights how the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become increasingly comfortable focusing on gathering intelligence when questioning suspects linked to terrorism, rather than seeking evidence admissible in court. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding Sept 11 terrorist attacks are seeking further delays; argue that defense teams have faced more scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation than had previously come to light, and need to determine possible conflicts of interest. MORE

Jun. 12, 2014

May. 28, 2014

Hector Xavier Monsegur, New York man who prosecutors say helped Federal Bureau of Investigation take down an aggressive group of hackers who are part of collective Anonymous, is given greatly reduced sentence of time served and allowed to walk free. MORE

May. 23, 2014

Justice Dept says Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal law enforcement agencies will be required to videotape interviews with suspects in most instances; it is changing course in order to maintain accuracy in investigations and to protect the rights of suspects and witnesses. MORE

May. 19, 2014

FBI Director James B Comey, who came into office nine months earlier intent on shifting focus to traditional criminal prosecutions, now says he underestimated continuing threat of terrorism; has maintained legacy of predecessor Robert S Mueller III, under which half of agency's agents and analysts remain focused on national security issues; critics say that Comey's FBI has not sufficiently adapted to evolution of terror threats since Sept 11 attacks. MORE

May. 9, 2014

Joel Cox, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who was arrested in Pakistan for trying to board a civilian flight with 15 9-millimeter bullets and a knife in his luggage, is released on $10,000 bail. MORE

May. 8, 2014

Pakistani police question Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Joel Cox under the country’s antiterrorism laws, two days after he was arrested on charges of possessing ammunition and knives as he tried to board a domestic flight; FBI confirms that Cox was an employee on temporary assignment. MORE

May. 7, 2014

Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining fund-raising and lobbying activities of associates of Kansas Gov Sam Brownback following allegations that some of his current and former staff members have acted improperly in soliciting campaign donations; Brownback denies wrongdoing, but investigation may effect his re-election. MORE

May. 1, 2014

Federal agencies have trained their focus on traders who bet both on the diet supplements company and against it. MORE

Apr. 29, 2014

White House publishes on its website a series of questions it asks in deciding when to make public the discovery of major flaws in computer security; item is posted by White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel, and appears to be distilled from more detailed classified document giving guidance to National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and others who often exploit flaws in Internet security. MORE

Apr. 24, 2014

Documents detailing 2012 cyberattacks on foreign websites suggest that Federal Bureau of Investigation may have used hackers to gather intelligence overseas even as investigators were trying to dismantle hacking groups like Anonymous and send computer activists to prison; attacks were coordinated Hector Xavier Monsegur, who became a prominent hacker within Anonymous for string of attacks on high-profile targets, including PayPal and MasterCard. MORE

Apr. 22, 2014

Justice Dept official denies that the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated how a manifesto by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, self-described architect of the Sept 11 attacks, was leaked to the Huffington Post. MORE

Apr. 19, 2014

Covert FBI inquiry into defense teams at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, reflects government's deep involvement in cases and could delay prosecution of those involved in the Sept 11 attacks; agents interrogated contractor employed by defense team of accused terrorist Ramzi bin al-Shibh, forcing him to sign confidentiality agreement; investigation has become the focus of pretrial hearings. MORE

Apr. 15, 2014

Michael Powell Gotham column; Rev Al Sharpton's ability to overcome controversy and bad press is shown in his dodging of latest revelations that he was an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; labels Sharpton city's 'pre-eminent shape-shifter' and says journalists approach writing about him with great reluctance. MORE

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Executives from Bloomberg, Citigroup, Deloitte, First Data, IAC/InterActiveCorp, IBM and Mohegan Sun joined officials from the F.B.I., the Secret Service and the Justice Department to discuss cooperation in fighting cybercrime.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by The New York Times, the Justice Department has partially declassified this report about the F.B.I.’s involvement in administering the warrantless surveillance program authorized by the FISA Amendments Act. When the report was completed in September 2012, it was entirely classified.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by The New York Times, the FBI has declassified additional portions of a 2010 inspector general report about “exigent letters” and other informal requests for telephone records. The new version contains about 125 words or passages that were previously redacted.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the New York Times, the FBI has declassified additional portions of a 2007 inspector general report about National Security Letters, a kind of administrative subpoena used to get records without judicial oversight in counterterrorism investigations. The newly revealed portions are marked in notes below.

In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the New York Times, the FBI has declassified additional portions of a 2008 inspector general report about National Security Letters, a kind of administrative subpoena used to get records without judicial oversight in counterterrorism investigations. The report followed up on a previous 2007 report that had found problems with the FBI’s use of them, which was also re-issued in response to the lawsuit.

Mr. Homm is accused of buying and selling lightly traded shares among entities he controlled in a practice known as portfolio pumping. Authorities say his goal was to artificially inflate the value of the hedge fund he managed, Absolute Capital Management Holdings Ltd.